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 Added on September 8, 2015  Kyle J. Steenblik   , , , ,

WPR’s Box Office Report: September 8, 2015

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Box Office Report September 4 – 7

War Room, a movie no one I know saw, walked away with the number one spot during the long holiday weekend at the box office.  It’s entirely possible that over the weekend audiences were looking for something new, and with little new to offer some interesting things happened.  Straight Outta Compton slipped from the number one stronghold to third in its fourth week.  A Walk in the Woods took second, while The Transporter Refueled opened in fifth.  Mission: Impossible – Rouge Nation, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Minions, Ant-Man, The Gift picked up a bump in tickets in spite of dropping off a number of screens, the opposite happened to No Escape, which gained screens, but lost tickets.  Inside Out, Jurassic World both returned to a few hundred screens to pick up a few million each in ticket sales, demonstrating that the 12 and 13-week-old films are still a bigger draw than most newer films.  This weekend we have to look at these two older films for the interesting news.  Inside Out is the second most successful Pixar film now, and Jurassic World is still huge, having grossed over 1 billion overseas.  There are now two questions, could Inside Out out perform Toy Story 3 and gross over $1.1 billion before it reaches the end of its theatrical run, and could Jurassic World gain enough ground to earn more than Titanic?  Both those questions may be answered in a few more months; both have about $400 – 500 million more to gross before they unseat their competition.

 

TW

LW

Title

Studio

Weekend Gross

%Change

Theater
Count /Change

Average

Total Gross

Budget

Week 

1

2

War Room

TriS

$13,388,558

+17.9%

1,526

+391

$8,774

$28,702,016

$3

2

2

N

Straight Outta Compton

Uni.

$10,908,832

–

1,960

–

$5,566

$12,806,684

–

1

3

1

A Walk in the Woods

BG

$10,845,930

-17.4%

3,094

-48

$3,505

$149,781,635

$28

4

4

3

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

Par.

$9,425,519

+15.6%

2,849

-246

$3,308

$182,662,211

$150

6

5

N

The Transporter Refueled

EC

$9,005,474

–

3,434

–

$2,622

$9,005,474

–

1

6

4

No Escape

Wein.

$7,009,342

-13.6%

3,415

+60

$2,053

$20,010,421

–

2

7

6

Inside Out

BV

$4,517,228

+1.9%

2,102

-604

$2,149

$40,447,481

$75

4

8

–

The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

WB

$4,453,513

+229.9%

2,967

+2,204

$1,501

$349,526,793

$175

12

9

N

Un Gallo con Muchos
Huevos

PNT

$4,357,004

–

395

–

$11,030

$4,357,004

–

1

10

5

Sinister 2

Focus

$4,193,644

-10.1%

2,651

-148

$1,582

$24,528,447

$10

3

11

11

Minions

Uni.

$3,903,090

+35.8%

1,927

-49

$2,025

$328,774,550

$74

9

12

8

Ant-Man

BV

$3,768,953

+22.6%

1,527

-163

$2,468

$174,071,653

$130

8

13

10

Jurassic World

Uni.

$3,371,675

+12.2%

1,591

-343

$2,119

$40,389,687

$5

5

14

9

The Gift (2015)

STX

$3,330,520

+10.6%

1,571

+332

$2,120

$647,374,160

$150

13

15

7

Hitman: Agent 47

Fox

$2,800,957

-33.7%

2,191

-1,082

$1,278

$19,948,464

$35

3

 

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Perfect Guy

With a fulfilling career and a loving relationship, lobbyist Leah Vaughn (Sanaa Lathan) seems to have it all. Things come crashing down when Dave, her long-term boyfriend, questions her future plans for marriage and a family. The resulting breakup leaves Leah heartbroken, until she meets the charming and handsome Carter Duncan (Michael Ealy). Soon, the budding romance turns dangerous as Carter reveals his volatile nature, forcing Leah to turn the tables on the man she thought was Mr. Right. – courtesy Sony Pictures Entertainment

https://www.youtube.com/embed/CikoxQ4ytI4

The Visit

Writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs, Unbreakable) and producer Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, The Purge and Insidious series) welcome you to Universal Pictures’ The Visit. Shyamalan returns to his roots with the terrifying story of a brother and sister who are sent to their grandparents’ remote Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong trip. Once the children discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing, they see their chances of getting back home are growing smaller every day. – courtesy Universal Pictures

https://www.youtube.com/embed/YfQnRjkuvaY

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That’s all folks, go pick up some awesome new movies, and pick your theater experiences wisely.

Kyle J. Steenblik

by Kyle J. Steenblik

It was a cold December morning in Salt Lake City when I was born, it was a Tuesday. You could tell it was Tuesday because the bathrooms smelled like despair, hopeless lost dreams, and Tuna. I began to grow at an alarmingly normal rate and after 30 years I achieved definite adult-like shape and realized that I had squandered my talent-like abilities. One day I will do something about that squandering, after I finish watching Doctor Who, and if my offspring leave me alone for five minutes.

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